Tony Tatupu
Personal information
Full name	Kuripitone Tatupu
Born	July 26, 1969 (1969-07-26) (age 40)
Height	190cm
Weight	98kg
Playing information
Position	Centre, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1995–1996	Auckland	27	6	0	0	24
1997	Warrington
1998–1999	Auckland	40	4	0	0	16
2000–2001	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	21	2	0	0	8
	Total	88	12	0	0	48
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1995–2000	Samoa	6	2	0	0	8
1994–1995	New Zealand	4	0	0	0	0
Source: Rugby League Ptoject

Kuripitone "Tony" Tatupu is a former New Zealand rugby league player. Tatupu played at Centre and in the Second Row and represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa.

[edit] Playing career

Tony first played for the Mt Albert Lions in the Auckland competition before joining the North Harbour Sea Eagles for the 1994 Lion Red Cup season. Between 1991 and 1993 he played 12 games for Auckland.^[1] From there he joined the Auckland Warriors for their inaugural season in the Australian Rugby League competition. Along with Nigel Vagana he joined the Warrington Wolves in the Superleague (Europe) competition in 1997 before returning to the Warriors for another two seasons.

In 2000 he returned to England to finish his career at the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He stayed with the club during a time of financial turbulence mid way through the 2000 season which saw all players over 24 released and then resigned on limited wages.

[edit] Representative career

He represented Samoa at two World Cups.

[edit] Later years

He now serves as a New Zealand Police officer and represented the New Zealand Police at the inaugural Police World Cup.^[2][3]

[edit] References

[edit] External references

• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org